Pleione (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Pleione']

English: Peacock orchids
български: Плейоне
čeština: pleionka
eesti: virvekäpp
日本語: プレイオネ属
перем коми: Плейоне
коми: Плейоне
lietuvių: Plejonė
кырык мары: Плейоне
polski: Plejone
русский: Плейоне
svenska: Jungfruskosläktet
удмурт: Плейоне
中文: 独蒜兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 独蒜兰属
中文（简体）: 独蒜兰属
中文（繁體）: 獨蒜蘭屬
中文（香港）: 獨蒜蘭屬
中文（臺灣）: 獨蒜蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Arethuseae • Subtribus: Coelogyninae • Genus: Pleione (Orchidaceae) D. Don (1825)

Genus Pleione D.Don (1825)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Gomphostylis Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 43. (1830)

25 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 7 August 2023):
P. albiflora, P. arunachalensis, P. aurita, P. autumnalis, P. bulbocodioides, P. chunii, P. coronaria, P. dilamellata, P. formosana, P. forrestii, P. grandiflora, P. hookeriana, P. hui, P. humilis, P. jinhuana, P. kaatiae, P. limprichtii, P. maculata, P. microphylla, P. pleionoides, P. praecox, P. saxicola, P. scopulorum, P. vietnamensis, P. yunnanensis

Included species (for Tropicos, 7 August 2023):

P. alba, P. albiflora, P. anceps, P. asperata, P. aurita, P. autumnalis, P. barbarae, P. barbata, P. bilamellata, P. birmanica, P. brachyptera, P. braemii, P. brevifolia, P. breviscapa, P. bulbocodioides, P. canescens, P. carnea, P. chiwuana, P. chunii, P. communis, P. concolor, P. confusa, P. corniculata, P. coronaria, P. corrugata, P. corymbosa, P. croockewitii, P. cumingii, P. cycnoche, P. cycnoches, P. dayana, P. delavayi, P. diantha, P. diphylla, P. elata, P. fargesii, P. fimbriata, P. flaccida, P. flavida, P. foerstermannii, P. formosana, P. forrestii, P. fuliginosa, P. fuscescens, P. ganchuenensis, P. gardneriana, P. glandulosa, P. goweri, P. graminifolia, P. grandiflora, P. griffithii, P. harberdii, P. henryi, P. hookeriana, P. hubeiensis, P. huettneriana, P. hui, P. humilis, P. incrassata, P. kaatiae, P. kohlsii, P. lactea, P. lagenaria, P. laotica, P. lauterbachiana, P. lentiginosa, P. limprichtii, P. longibracteata, P. longifolia, P. longipes, P. macrobulbon, P. maculata, P. maingayi, P. mairei, P. mandarinorum, P. massangeana, P. micrantha, P. microphylla, P. milanii, P. miniata, P. moelleri, P. mohrii, P. nervosa, P. nitida, P. occultata, P. ochracea, P. odoratissima, P. pandurata, P. parishii, P. pinkepankii, P. plantaginea, P. pleionoides, P. pogonioides, P. praecox, P. pricei, P. prolifera, P. psittacina, P. purpurascens, P. reichenbachiana, P. rhombilabia, P. rigida, P. rochussenii, P. rossiana, P. rumphii, P. sanderiana, P. saxicola, P. schilleriana, P. scopulorum, P. simplex, P. smithii, P. sparsa, P. speciosa, P. speciosissima, P. stenochila, P. suaveolens, P. sulfurea, P. testacea, P. thuniana, P. tomentosa, P. treutleri, P. trinervis, P. triplicotula, P. uniflora, P. ustulata, P. vietnamensis, P. viscosa, P. voltolinii, P. votolinii, P. wallichiana, P. yunnanensis
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Pleione praecox (Sm.) D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 37 (1825)

8 Nothospecies

Included nothospecies (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 7 August 2023):
P. × baoshanensis, P. × christianii, P. × confusa, P. × kingdonwardii, P. × kohlsii, P. × lagenaria, P. × maoershanensis, P. × taliensis

Included nothospecies (for Tropicos, 7 August 2023):
P. × barbarae, P. × christianii, P. × confusa, P. × harberdii, P. × kohlsii, P. × lagenaria, P. × moelleri, P. × mohrii, P. × taliensis Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Pleione × lagenaria

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Selected Weblinks

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